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The impact of climate change on ocean submesoscale activity
Global warming may modify submesoscale activity in the ocean through changes in the mixed layer depth (MLD) and lateral buoyancy gradients. As a case study we consider a region...- publication PDF
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Spatiotemporal patterns of changes in maximum and minimum temperatures in...
This paper analyzes and attributes spatial and temporal patterns of changes in the diurnal cycle of land surface air temperature in 20 simulations from 11 global coupled...- publication PDF
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Supercell thunderstorms in complex topography - how mountain valleys with...
This study investigates the effects of lakes in mountainous terrain on the evolution of supercell thunderstorms. With a newly developed radar-based, mesocyclone-detection...- publication PDF
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Spurious trends in high latitude Southern Hemisphere precipitation observations
The high latitude Southern Hemisphere (SH) is an important region for Earth's climate. Ocean heat content, cryosphere interactions, Antarctic bottom water development and the...- publication PDF
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Limitations of assuming internal mixing between different aerosol species: A...
Simulating the complex aerosol microphysical processes in a comprehensive Earth system model can be very computationally intensive; therefore many models utilize a modal...- publication PDF
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A Microfilm Atlas of Magnetic Fields in the Solar Corona
This is a Microfilm atlas of magnetic fields in the solar corona. The original item included a text of 26 pages and 11,000 maps on 11 reels of microfilm. This Atlas contains...- publication PDF
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Longitudinal variations of nighttime electron auroral precipitation in both...
Using 6 years of Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED) global ultraviolet imager auroral observations in both hemispheres, we have studied the...- publication PDF
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A box model to represent estuarine dynamics in mesoscale resolution ocean models
Representing the net freshwater flux at river mouths is challenging for global and regional scale ocean modelling. Although rivers are well known to affect both the coastal and...- publication PDF
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Evaluating CMIP5 ocean biogeochemistry and Southern Ocean carbon uptake...
Observed seasonal cycles in atmospheric potential oxygen (APO ~ O2 + 1.1 CO2) were used to evaluate eight ocean biogeochemistry models from the Coupled Model Intercomparison...- publication PDF
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Material Strength Properties of Visqueen X-124 Film
This report is part of a series prepared for the Materials Research Project of the NCAR Scientific Balloon Facility in order to extend the reliability and capabilities of...- publication PDF
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The influence of idealized heterogeneity on convective planetary boundary...
This report describes the development of a coupled model and the evaluation of the influence of that coupling by way of an investigation of heterogeneous surface forcing on...- publication PDF
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A regional climatography of West Nile, Uganda, to support human plague modeling
The West Nile region in northwestern Uganda is a focal point for human plague, which peaks in boreal autumn and is spread by fleas that travel on rodent hosts. The U.S. Centers...- publication PDF
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Snow in the McMurdo dry valleys, Antarctica
Snowfall was measured at 11 sites in the McMurdo Dry Valleys to determine its magnitude, its temporal changes, and spatial patterns. Annual values ranged from 3 to 50 mm water...- publication PDF
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The effect of horizontal resolution on simulation quality in the Community...
We present an analysis of version 5.1 of the Community Atmospheric Model (CAM5.1) at a high horizontal resolution. Intercomparison of this global model at approximately 0.25°,...- publication PDF
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Seasonal injection strategies for stratospheric aerosol geoengineering
Simulations of stratospheric aerosol geoengineering have typically considered injections at aconstant rate over the entire year. However, the seasonal variability of both...- publication PDF
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Formaldehyde columns from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument: Urban versus...
We combine aircraft measurements (Second Texas Air Quality Study, Megacity Initiative: Local and Global Research Observations, Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment:...- publication PDF
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Altitude variations in the thermosphere mass density response to geomagnetic...
Accelerometer data from coplanar orbits of Challenging Minisatellite Payload (CHAMP) and Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites were used to study the...- publication PDF
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Do southern ocean cloud feedbacks matter for 21st century warming?
Cloud phase improvements in a state-of-the-art climate model produce a large 1.5K increase in equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS, the surface warming in response to...- publication PDF
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Saharan dust particles nucleate droplets in eastern Atlantic clouds
Many soil-derived particles dominated by insoluble material, including Saharan dusts, are known to act as ice nuclei. If, however, dust particles can compete with other...- publication PDF
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Initial conditions for convection-allowing ensembles over the conterminous...
Five sets of 48-h, 10-member, convection-allowing ensemble (CAE) forecasts with 3-km horizontal grid spacing were systematically evaluated over the conterminous United States...- publication PDF
